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Group Leaders

Group Leaders make sure your program runs smoothly and are attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants. These Group Leaders are participating on at least one day of one date of this program.
Please note that changes may occur.

Helen Malisan

Helen Malisan’s passion for exploration began in high school when she visited Italy, her ancestral country. After completing her final year at school, she immediately joined South African Airways where she worked for 10 years. In 1993, her love for nature and South Africa inspired her to complete the necessary courses to become a wilderness excursion leader, spurring her career as a safari leader in Namibia and Zambia. Helen says her interest in people, nature and animals inspires her work.

Andrew Schofield

The natural and cultural wonders of Africa are the inspiration for Andrew Schofield’s work as a national group leader. As an ecologist, Andrew has had the privilege of lecturing to conservation students from all over the world. He has created wildlife reserves in areas that have not had game on them for hundreds of years, has collected and translocated species like elephant, rhino, cheetah and lion, and successfully habituated them to the new reserves. Andrew was the first person in the world to release white lions back into the wild. This was a long and intense project, with the result that there are now free-roaming white lions in Africa due to his and his team’s perseverance. These conservation projects have culminated in a book, "White Lion Back to the Wild," which tells the story of how the animals were returned to their natural habitat and how game reserves are created. He has also done extensive research on the rock art of Southern Africa, which has resulted in a documentary film.

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The latest in light, portable, easy-to-use QUIETVOX listening devices are available on Road Scholar programs.* Whether you are outdoors, in a crowd or in a museum environment where speaking loudly is discouraged, a listening device makes it feel like our experts are speaking clearly and directly to you. Hear for yourself on a Road Scholar adventure!

*Please note that due to the nature of some programs, the remote location or government regulations, listening devices may not be available. If you’d like to know for sure if your program will offer listening devices, just call and ask an Advisor!